Lamellobates molecula molecula (Berlese, 1916) (Fig. 2D–E)

Syn. Lamellobates hauseri Mahunka 1977

Material examined. 47 specimens. Iran, Hormozgan province, Bandar Abbas, Forkhorj (27°45'39.91"N, 56°25'21.40"E, 635 m a.s.l.), soil of Morus rubra, 16-IV-2021; Bandar Abbas, Dasht Emam (27°24'57.52"N, 56°20'12.24"E, 158 m a.s.l.), soil of Phoenix dactylifera, Ficus carica, Psidium guajava, Citrus limon, 08-V-2021; Bandar Abbas, Bikh (27°50'52.04"N, 56°27'57.82"E, 1085 m a.s.l.), soil of Mangifera indica, Medicago sativa, 08-V-2021; Bandar Abbas (27°12'36.07"N, 56°21'16.87"E, 17 m a.s.l.), soil of Eugenia jambolana, Cordia myxa, Morus rubra, 23-VII-2021; Rudan (27°27'9.34"N, 56°8'46.88"E, 215 m a.s.l.), soil of Citrus limon, Citrus sinensis, Musa sapientum, 13-IIX-2021; Minab (27°20'27.21"N, 56°59'3.98"E, 44 m a.s.l.), soil of Morus rubra, Cordia myxa, Citrus limon, soil of weeds near stream, 27-IIX-2021; Bandar Abbas, Takht (27°30'8.68"N, 56°38'23.21"E, 44 m a.s.l.), soil of Citrus limon, Psidium guajava, Phoenix dactylifera, 03-IX-2021; Hajiabad (28°14'4.28"N, 55°50'40.88"E, 778 m a.s.l.), soil of Citrus limon, 17-IX-2021; Rudan (27°27'8.81"N, 57°7'59.22"E, 231 m a.s.l.), soil of Citrus limon, Mangifera indica, 24-IX-2021.

Diagnosis. Body length 267–289 (276) µm, width of notogaster 178–211 (195) µm (n = 5). Body colour brown. Rostrum tripartite, the two lateral teeth slightly longer than the median tooth. Inner cuspides of lamellae convexly rounded, outer ones extremely long and narrow. Lamellar setae obtuse; interlamellars attenuating, both setae heavily ciliate. Sensillus spatulate, densely ciliate. Nine pairs of diversely long notogastral setae present. Epimeral region with a weak polygonal sculpture. Six pairs of genital etae, first three pairs situated along a transverse line, near anterior margin; one pair of aggenital seta; two pairs of anal, and two pairs of adanal setae present.

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan province (New record for Iran).

General distribution. Pantropical and Subtropical.

Comment. Balogh & Balogh (1992) and Behan-Pelletier (1998) placed the genus Lamellobates in the Family Austrachipteriidae .